Example sentences of "[prep] the next eight years " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the scientists say they believed the layer would continue to thin every winter at least for the next eight years , after which a ban on use of certain gases will start to have a beneficial effect . |
| 2 | After three weeks of talks Greece and the United States on May 30 initialled a new defence co-operation agreement allowing two of the four US bases ( at Gournes and Souda Bay in Crete ) to continue to operate in Greece for the next eight years . |
| 3 | For the next eight years at least he will be responsible for the spiritual wellbeing of the Benedictine monks of the Abbey and beyond . |
| 4 | During the next eight years Christie served a number of prison sentences for theft and , on one occasion , assault . |
| 5 | GERMANY 'S railway system will need £140 billion of investment over the next eight years and should be privatised to avoid a budgetary ‘ disaster ’ for taxpayers , the head of the rail network Heinz Durr told the government . |
| 6 | Over the next eight years , the unemployment rate grew to 5 per cent and the Ku Klux Klan 's membership to 4½ million ( Roberts and Kloss , 1979 , p.133 ) . |
| 7 | Sequent Computer Systems Inc figures it will be seeing $30m over the next eight years from selling its Symmetry 2000/750 and 450 machines to the US Department of Veteran Affairs as part of a multi-vendor team led by systems integrator Federal Data Corporation . |
| 8 | The BMFT is allocating DM250 million over the next eight years to support six to eight interdisciplinary research centres . |
| 9 | Over the next eight years he applied himself to the development and perfection of the colour printing process which brought him international fame . |
| 10 | The redevelopment is part of a UK government sponsored scheme over the next eight years which involves the demolition of 1960s and 70s tower blocks , and their replacement with low rise modern housing . |
| 11 | Dr Ryan estimated that the industry would require something in the order of £330 billion to pay for new jetliners over the next eight years . |